Real Estate Question

Does anyone here work in real estate? I've got an weird scenario, and just wanted any thoughts/suggestions.

My parents are looking at buying a new house.

A little over two weeks ago, they found a place they absolutely love, its a Fannie Mae foreclosure property that just got new paint and carpet, has a finished basement, real nice place. Their realtor talked with the selling realtor on Monday the 26th and found out that an offer had been submitted by another party and was rejected on Friday the 23rd, no counter by the bank, just rejected. Which to me would signal the end of a transaction. If there were a counter offer by the bank, their transaction would still take priority.

My parents decide to put in a full price cash offer, thinking that it would be quickly accepted. By the end of the first week, they had heard nothing, but decided not to pursue it more thinking that the bank could just be taking its time to review the offer. Last week, the selling realtor said he was unable to enter my parents offer into the bank's system due to the previous offer being "stuck" in the system. Also the realtor has said that he believes our parents offer will be accepted by the bank when it is entered.

Now this week, the selling realtor's website no longer lists the property and another website lists the property as "Under Contract" yet my parents have heard nothing.

It could be that my parents just have heard anything, but that their offer was accepted. But, if this realtor has somehow stalled my parents offer to allow someone like a friend/family to purchase the property and we find out about it, is there any recourse for my parents to go after this realtor?

Well, no money has exchanged hands, I more talking about if say my parents submitted an offer to him on 26th, and his friend wasn't ready to put in an offer. So he stalled my parents offer until he could enter a different one.

They'd basically have to prove that their offer was submitted first and never seen by the bank.

You could try to bring a suit, but it will be nearly impossible to prove, and what exactly will you sue for? there is no financial loss per say, and i doubt you could bring a civil case worth anything

and this is a prime example of why i hate realtors and buying property
way too much like the telephone game.
who knows who actually dropped the ball, and you are only trusting the information from websites.
call your realtor, its their fucking job to make shit happen

It sounds against the seller's interest to sit on a cash offer full price bid, risking losing his commission. I also know from personal experience that it can be EXTREMELY challenging to try and buy a bank owned property. It can drive a person insane trying to deal with those fuck-asses.

They make up their own rules as they go along and not much you can say or do about it.

You could try to bring a suit, but it will be nearly impossible to prove, and what exactly will you sue for? there is no financial loss per say, and i doubt you could bring a civil case worth anything

and this is a prime example of why i hate realtors and buying property
way too much like the telephone game.
who knows who actually dropped the ball, and you are only trusting the information from websites.
call your realtor, its their fucking job to make shit happen

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The idea of the realtor has become one of the biggest running scams.

There was a time when a realtor was necessary but, now, with the overabundance of information available to the public, they are unnecessary, and frankly, don't end up doing all that much for you, other than cost you money.